New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 3, 1924, Page 5

NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1924, BALISAND ' By Joseph Hergesheimer The Virginia of Washington and Jefferson, the century-old struggle between politics and patriotism, live again in the life, loves and death of Richard Bale of Balisand. - — = SILENCE By Ben Ames Williams A party of New York men and women, THE CONQUEROR By P.G. Wodehouse [ntroducing a happy-go-lucky young Ameri- can who is sent to England to reorganize a business; his stony-hearted, but rich uncle; a Napoleonic publisher of London scandal sheets; a gang of crooks with a taste for first editions; a matron who knows her own mind and makes up other people’s for them; and EAST OF THE SETTING SUN wealthy and of high social standing, are cribbed, cabined and confined in a Maine hunting lodge by an unexpected snow storm. One of the party is killed during the height of the storm. The guides are in a cabin at some little distance. No one has entered or left the house during the storm. Some mem- By George Barr McCutcheon Marriage one day, divorce the next, was possible when the Communists held Hungary. Mr. McCutcheon's American hero marries a princess of Graustark in order to help her to secure a passport, and promptly divorces her—but the divorce is held to be illegal. THE BLACK CARGO By JPMarquand WITH THIS RING By Fannie Heaslip Lea A story of the old clipper days when slaves were the forbidden, She lived in a town where she was an old story and getting cargo and rum running was eminently respectable. older. So she borrowed a wedding ring and adventured to New York “where men are men.” HUMDRUM HOUSE B8y Maximilian Foster In which nothing ever happened and everybody was bored to death, until one night when the darkness without became peopled with sinister figures and mystery lurked behind every door within. A CHILD IN THEIR MIDST By May Edginton The story of the duke who wasn’t everything that he should be and the dancer whose mother insisted that the man who married her daughter must be everything that he ought to be. two pretty girls for whom Bill cherishes the most tender sentiments: ber of the party must be the guilty one. POCONO SHOT = By John Taintor Foote Is a dog that plays a leading part when the new pseudo-Intellec- tual and the Old Adam meet in a simple American community, STILL FACE By (larence Budington Kelland Expert surgery creates a new face for a wounded soldier—a spir- itual, noble mask. He appears in a small New England town and immediately grim and disquieting things begin to happen. THESE TEN GREAT NOVELS WILL APPEAR SERIALLY IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER NUMBERS OF THE SATURDAY | “An American Institution” MORE THAN TWO MILLION AND A QUARTER WEEKLY Wsu can subscribe through anv newsdealer or authorized agent or send vour order direct to THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, Philadelphis, Penneyivania 5c the Copy From any Newsdealer or Boy Agent